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*? itttf i mi i n ? The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED MAT 1st, 1891. _ A. V . KXIGJIT, Editor. Rates??1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, December 26* 1901. It is said that Secretary of the Treasury Gage will also resign early in the spring. Evidently the relations between President Roosevelt and liis cabinet are not very harmonious. H -v w-The Circuit Rider came to us last week from its new home at Rock Hill as fresh and bright as possible. It is much neater typographically and contains a better class of reading matter. Long life to it! The citizens of Ehrhardt are making efforts to obtain better mail facilities. That town has suffered much in this re> spect for the past few years, and it is high time there was a change. It is certainly entitled to better mail service, and should have it. This paper stands ready to assist them in any possible way. tWe congratulate the city of Florence on the suceesss of the efforts its citizens have been making for several years to secure a first-class system of waterworks. They . ^have bonded the town for $40,000 to build the system, and the bonds have been sold at 105. The work of construction will soon commence, and it will not be long before that progressive little city will be in shape to fight the fire demon. Othertowns in the State have also been making im_ provements. Bennetsville, we notice, l*?a i??nerl hnnrls for an electric li^ht - plant. Shall Bamberg remain in the rear -of other towns? We have the reputation of being progressive. Let's live up to it. We can't afford waterworks yet awhile, but we can and ought to have better lights of some kind. . ^ There is no doubt about it,South Carolina is the best place on earth to live and do business. The only drawback we have is our credit system. If it were possible for our people to get on a cash basis or : ' ^reasonably near it, we would all bedecidedly better off. As a step toward this, the legislature should abolish the homestead exemption and make every- bit of a man's property liable for his debts. This would make men honest, so far as paying their debts is concerned. We hear a good K.'. deal of the good old days when every man's word was his bond and as good as his note. We are one of those who do not believe that men are getting worse. The reason it was so years ago was that there was no homestead lawx and a man who contracted a debt knefc he had to pay * it. Now it is different. It is entirelv too easy for a mail to defraud his creditors, if he wishes to. Committee Assignments. The committee appointments in the UnitedStates senate have been announced. Both South Carolina senators have several influential places. Senator McLaurin is on the following: Indian affairs, claims, improvement of Mississippi river, organization, conduct and expenditures of the executive department transportation routes to the seaboard and industrial exposition. Senator Tillman is on appropriations, mines and mining, naval affairs, forest reservation, interstate commerce and \ Revolutionary claims, of which he is chairman. Killed by His Wife. Hampton, Dec 21.?Near Varnville, about a mile and a half from Hampton, was enacted a shocking tragedy last night at a late hour. Mr. John Phillips, who has -seen very few sober hours since he became a man, came home crazy drunk and picked up an old musket, saying he intended to "clean out the whole family"?his wife ;. and a son about 12 years old. He fired the gun at his wife but missed her. He ordered the son to reload the gun and chased the mother into the yard with the gun in his hand. The woman seized an axe in the yard and with this she defended herself in the struggle which ensued. The gun was broken and Phillips'^ull was crushed in several places Kr/^h??^iivp in Mrs Phiilins' hands He died instantly. The coroner held an inquest today and the jury found a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The only witnesses were the wife and the son. Phillips was about 85 years old and had but the one child. He has been a heavy drinker. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. k Try them R When you feel dull after eating. g : When you have no appetite. g When you have a bad taste in the mouth. g When your liver is torpid. When your bowels are constipated. ? When you have a headache. If When you feel bilious. I They will improve yourappetite,cleanse and invigorate your stomach and regulate your liver and bowels. For sale by Bam. berg Pharmacy. Historic Instance of Honesty. tv *" "The most notable exhibition of honeswithiu the history of the Treasury Department," says a writer in the January Ladies' Home Journal, "was made by Sophie Holmes, a colored woman first employed forty years ago by General Spmner?then the Treasurer of the United States?as a temporary charwoman. One afternoon in April, 1802, while sweeping and scrubbing the tloor of the issue division she found a package full of crisp thousand dollar notes,which some careless /kl/v??)r Ktiil wn.rl i\/.t /i/l f<\ ?*/>f ni?n +sv tlio Cftfn v-ici is. ii<m in ^u viivvi iu iriuui in iuc can . She determined to stand guard over the treasure and to confide her secret to 110 one hut General Spinner himself, who slept in theTreasurv building during those troublesome war times. She swept the dust of the room into one pile, then another; scattered it about and swept it up again and again, doing thus to keep up ranee of industry and to make H^^^^^tmosphere of the room as uninviting ^R^^^^^ftssible to the intruding: guards who |HHB^Lid then sauntered in. From sheer she finally fell asleep until past when, imagining she discerned ^^^^IHH^Rnoving in the she groped the valuable bundle, secreted two desks, sat upon it, and BRH^BHH|^Rnuing her vigil thus fell asleep H^^BKEBout four o'clock in morn|BHHRR awakened by General Spin ^^^^B?p^Eteps. Although she gave the ^H^^^^asuiEr a great fright he rewarded her J^^^Bith a me appointment as matron in the j^B^B-ue division. And he did justly. When |He package was examined it was found iH^^^R>ontain, some say, thirty thousand tlolothers, seven hundred thousand." Know What You Are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is Hf simply iron and quinine in a tasteless R form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. His Hnmble Beginning. There is a certain great man here in town who hates nothing quite so much as answering personal questions. lie dined out on one recent occasion,ami the guest of honor was an Englishwoman who is filled with the keenest and most ingenously expressed interest in America and Americans. "I find you perfectly wonderful over here," said she between the salad and the desert. "The lives of your prominent men read like romances. Your poor boys grow up to be millionaires and your great men have had the most extraordinary beginnings. One of your presidents, 1 am told, was actually a butcher, and the father of a newly made French princess was a tailor. Now, you, Mr. Blank," turning smilingly to the great man at her elbow, "I am sure your history must be most interesting. I)o please tell me, at what did you begin life?" The great man stared at her in disapproval. "Madam," he said, "I began life as a baby."?Washington Post. COUGHS AND COLDS IN C HILDREN Recommendation of a Well Known Chicago riiysieian. 1 use aud prescribe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for almost all obstinate, constricted coughs, with direct results. I prescribe it to children of all ages. Am glad to recommend it to all in need and seeking relief from'colds and coughs and bronchial afflictions. It is non-narcotic and safe in the hands of the most unprofessional. A universal panacea for all mankind.?Mrs. Mary R.Melendy, M. I)., Ph. D., Chicago, 111. This remedy is for sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Easy Enough A certain member of parliament has expressed a pronounced disbelief in most of the wonderful tales of the precocity of children. He contends that the stories are usually manufactured by older persons with the sole object of making amusing reading. Once in a while, however, this theory receives a setback by something in his own experience, and he confesses that he has come across some genuine humor and some unconscious witticisms. One such was recently brought to his notice. A Sunday school examination was in progress, and the examiner put the question: "What did Moses do for a living while he was with Jethro?" Following alongsilence, at last a voice piped up from the back of the room: "Please, sir, he married one of -Tethro's daughters."?Youth's Companion. ? r. 1 . Ci ah u? an11m s nivry. "I suffered for years with a bronchial or lung trouble and tried various remedies but did not obtain permanent relief until I commenced using One Minute Cough Cure," writes Rev. James Kirkman.evangelist of Belle River, III. "I have no hesitation in recommending it to all sufferers from maladies of this kind." One minute Cough Cure affords immediate relief for coughs, colds and all kinds of throat and lung troubles. For croun it is unequalled. Absolutely safe. Very pleasant to take, never fails and is really a favorite with the children. They like it. Bamberg Pharmacy; A. C, Reynold, Ehrhardt. Fnn With the Parson. A clerical friend of mine told me a capital story of a Yale man who was the stroke oar of his crew and the chief athlete on the football field. He entered the ministry and spent years in missionary labor in t lie far west. Walking one day through a frontier town, a cowboy stepped up to him and said: "Parson, you don't have enough fun. Take a drink." The minister declined. "Well," he said, "paison, you.must have some fun. Here's a fare layout. Take a hand in the game." The minister declined. "Parson," said the cowboy, "you'll die if you don't have some fun." And he knocked the parson's hat off his head and hit him a whack on the ear. The old athlete's spirit rose. The science which had been learned in the colleire gvmnasium and forgotten for a quarter of a century was aroused, and a blow was landed on the jaw of that cowboy that sent him sprawling in the street. The parson walked over to him as if he had been a door rug, picked him up and dusted the side of the house with him and then mopped up the sidewalk with his form. As the ambulance was carrying the cowboy away he raised his head feebly and said: "Parson, what did you fool me for? You are chock full of fun."?New York Times. A Woman's Awful Peril. "There is only one chance to save your life and that is through an operation" were the startling words heard by Mrs I. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her doctor after he had vainly tried to cure her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jauudice. Gall stones had formed and she coristantljT grew worse. Then she began to use Electric Bitters which wholly cured her. It's a wonderful stomach, liver and kidney reined}*. Cures dyspepsia, loss of appetite. Try it. Only 50 cts. Guaranteed. For sale by Thos. Black and J, B. Black. His Whereabouts." A lady was looking for her husband, and inquired anxiously of a housemaid: "Do you happen to know anything of your master's whereabouts?" "I'm not sure, ma'am," replied the care ful domestic, "but I think they're in the wash." Health and Heauty. A poor complexion is usually the result of a torpid liver or irregular action of the bowels. Unless nature's refuse is carried off it will surely cause impure blood, pimples, boils and other eruptions follow. This is nature's method of throwing off the poisons which the bowels failed to remove. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are world famous of remedying this condition. They stimulate the liver and promote regular and healthy action of the bowels but never cause griping, cramps or distress. Safe pills. Bamberg Pharmacy; A. 0. Reynolds, Ehrhardt. An Indiana court has decided that under certain circumstances verbal contracts made on the spur- of the moment and on the bankjjf a creek areas binding as if duly v^Rtcu, signed, scaled and delivered.,-"Last January a farmer's wife attempted to cross in a buggy a swollen stream. She was in danger of being drowned when the farmer hailed two men riding near by and offered them ?1,000 to rescue her. At the peril of their lives they jumped in the stream and brought her safely to shore. Some time afterwards they called on hiui for the ?1,000, but he had changed his mind in the meantime, refused, and made over the farm to his wife. The men sued, recovered judgment, and he was forced to pay, but they let him off at ?000. A Good Cough Medicine. [From Gazette, Toowoomba, Australia.] I rind Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an excellent medicine. I liave been suffering from a severe cough for the last two months, and it has effected a cure. I have great pleasure in recommending it.?W, C. Wockner. This is the opinion of one of our oldest and most respected residents and has been voluntarily given in good faith that others may try the remedy and be benefited, as was Mr. Wockner. This remedy is sold by Bamberg Pharmacy. "What makes you suspect," her mother asked, "that William is inclined to drink I more strong liquor than is good for him?" "W-w-well, when lie came h-liome last night," she sobbed, "I went out into the upstairs hall in my nightgown and turned on the light and w-w-waited for him to come up." "Yes, my poor child?go on." "And he 1-1-looked up at me and said: 'S-s-shay ol g-g-girl 'in I r-r-ruunin' a harem, or are you t-t-triplets?'"?Chicago Record-IIerald. GOOD FROM DISEASE SEVERAL AFFLICTIONS THAT HAVE THEIR COMPENSATIONS. An Attack of Smallpox, If Yon Get Over It, Will Add Years to Your Life ? Sufferers From Rheumatisu> and Gout Are Long Lived. Have you liad smallpox? If you Lave and you Lave recovered from tLe terrible disease without your eyesight or hearing being seriously affected, as is very often the case, you may congratulate yourself that smallpox attacked you, for you will probably, barring accidents, live considerably longer and enjoy better general health than if you had never had the disease. It is a remarkable fact?one of nature's peculiar compensations ?that people who have suffered from smallpox generally live longer than people who have not Why this should be the case there is only an unproved theory to explain, and the theory is that the microbes which go to make smallpox, being very powerful and pugnacious, swallow up the microbes of many other diseases which they find in the systems of the persons they attack; hence, by contracting smallpox severely, you stand a good chance of eliminating from your system other diseases which would seize upon you at some time or other and, likely enough, prove fatal. At the same time it must be admitted that smallpox is not scheduled as a preventive medicine, and the number of persons it either kills, maims or inflicts with mental incapacities Is probably greater than the number of persons whose lives It prolongs. At the same time It is a fact that tlae disease, though one of the most terrible known to medical science, does you a great deal of good if you are capable of throwing It off without suffering after effects of a more serious character than being pitted with the queer little marks it almost Invariably leaves behind to distinguish Its victims. Numbers of elderly persons in more or less feeble health are kept alive by coughs, such, for instance, as bronchitis. Chronic coughs are peculiarly common to old people, and hundreds wfco complain of the distress caused them by such affections are really indebted A IKaIi. nnnnrlia f?r tlioir lpncth flf life. The reason of this is that most elderly persons suffer with weak hearts and feeble circulation of the blood, and weak hearts become weaker merely ?19 a result of their weakness. A constant cough corrects this, keeps the heart beating more strongly than it otherwise would, and the strong heart beat keeps the blood circulating more quickly, and the vital organs are thus kept in a state of activity which could only be maintained by artificial means and for a limited time but for the troublesome cough. ' Moreover, the constant reminders given by the cough deter the sufferers from running risks of catching colds. In other words, they have to study their health or suffer more acutely from their coughs, and, choosing the former, they benefit accordingly. Gout and rheumatism are exceedingly painful diseases and of course in some cases prove fatal, but they confer many a blessing upon mankind, and rheumatism particularly Is well known to doctors as a preventive of many other diseases. It is a notorious fact that gouty subjects generally live to a ripe age, and albeit they suffer very severely at times they generally enjoy ex-1 cellent general health, the very causes of the gout keeping their blood in good condition and making It unendurable to j many kinds of microbes. Cases have occurred of whole house- j holds, except one member, being stricken down with infectious diseases, and the lucky exception has been a suffered from rheumatism or gout, which alone has prevented him from contracting the diseases which have run through the house. Such sufferers do not run half the risk of catching the common illnesses that nonsufferers ""n o larcw n?*onnrtinn of the Deo ' uul " '"'W I" "C ?r pie who reach ages of fourscore years are people who for years have suffered from gout or rheumatism, to which fact they undoubtedly owe many of the years they have lived over the allotted span. Take half a dozen persons over the age of seventy who suffer from rheumatism or gout and half a dozen others who suffer from neither and you will find that, except for their rheumatism or gout they enjoy very much better health than the nonsuflferers and stand a splendid chance of outliving the latter. Moreover, gout and rheumatism greatly enhance a sufferer's chances of retaining his mental faculties until the end. A large percentage of centenarians who died with all their wits about them and with excellent memories of the days of their youth have suffered for many years from rheumatism and been particularly free from other diseases. The loss of a leg or an arm is also said to do you good In the long run. Perhaps that is an awkward phrase to apply to the loss of a leg, but let it stand. It certainly seems that when a man is deprived of a leg or an arm the vitality and vigor of the lost member remain with him to increase the vitality of the remainder. It has been declared by an enritfent authority that when a man has a leg cut off. he being in sufPcfently good health not to colls pse from the operation. adds two c? three, sometimes more, years on to his latter days.? Pearson's Weekly. Flylnsr Predictions. In 1273 Friar Bacon predicted that flying would "shortly" become a general practice, and Bishop Wilkins In [ 1052 said. "It will yet be as usual 1:0 hear a man call for his wings when lie Is going on a journey as it is now 1? j hear him call for his boots." A bachelor member of congress, who is not as handsome as Apollo, dropped into Clerk McDowell's oftice the other day to seek sympathy because the lady on whom he had looked with favor was about to be married to another man. "That reminds me," said Mr. McDowell, "of the incident which happened when Gov. Dick Oglesby went down to .Toliet to inspect the State prison. In one of the cells was a very ugly man. "'How did you get in here?' asked Oglesby. "'Abduction,' was the reply. 'I tried to run off with a girl and they caught me.' " 'I'll pardon you as soon as I get back to Springfield,'s'aid the governor. T don't see how you could expect to get a wife in any other way.'" The homely bachelor congressman laughed loudly. Then, as the application of the story dawned upon him, the smile faded from his face and he walked out. of McDowell's office without saying a word. ?Washington Post. Savs He Was Tortured. "I suffered such pain from corns I could hardly walk," writes II. Robinson, Hillsborough, Ills., "but Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely cured them." Acts like magic on sprains, bruises, cuts, sores, scalds, burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin diseases, and piles. Cure guar-. anteed by Thos. Black and J. B. Black,25c. * \ 4 BRICKS WITHOUT STR'AW. More than a thousand years ago? Shadows of time, how the days go byThere was a man I used to know? May seem strange, but you'll see it's so After I tell you the reason why? Worked in a brickyard, same as you And all of us have to do; Mixed in the trouble and worry and strife, The mirth and the other things of life; Stirred in the hopes and the pains and fears, Knes.ded the mud with his sweat and his tears, I Humanest mass that ever you saw. "Poor brick!" said the man, "but I have no straw!" j Up to his knees in the miry pit, A pygmy's way, but a giant's grit; His back was a chain of throbbing aches, Lifting the mold with its earthen cakes; Elbows rusty as hinges of steel, Knees so lame he could hardly kneel; Mud so stiff it would clog a plow And couldn't be stirred with a wheel nohow; Nights as short as the days were long; Nothing seemed Tight, but everything wrong. "Best I can do," said the man; "but, pshaw, You can't make brick when you have no straw I" Taskmasters pitiless lashed the man. "Can't!" sobbed Weakness, but Courage cried, "Can!" "Don't!" said Despair, but Duty cried, "Do!" "All right," said th? man, "I'll worry her through! J Can't do much, and I reckon you'll see Brick won't be just wnat tney ougni 10 ue; Ain't nigh so good as I know I could make If I just had straw; but you'll have to take Tht best I can do for the work's own sake." He finished his tale of brick and then Went home to rest, and me sons of men Looked on his perfect work and saw He'd have spoiled the brick had he put in straw. ?Robert J. Burdette. GREYHOUNDS. They Are the Fleetest of All Four Footed Animals. Comparatively few people realize of what remarkable speed dogs are capable. Some remarkable statistics in regard to this have been gathered by M. Dusolier, a French scientist. After pointing out the marvelous endurance shown by little fox terriers who follow their masters patiently for hours while the latter are riding on bicycles or in carriages, he says that even greater endurance is shown by certain wild animals that are akin to dogs. Thus the wolf can run between 50 and 60 miles in one night, and an arctic j fox can do quite as well, if not better. Nansen met one of these foxes on the Ice at a point more than 70 miles northwest of the Sannikow territory, which is 480 miles from the Asiatic coast. Eskimo and Siberian dogs can travel 45 miles on the ice In five hours, and there is one case on record in which a team of Eskimo dogs traveled 6^ miles in 28 minutes. According to M. Dusoner, tne speea of the shepherd dogs and those used In hunting ranges from 10 to 15 yards a second. English setters and pointers hunt at the rate of 18 to 19 miles an hour, and they can maintain this speed for at least two hours. Foxhounds are extraordinarily swift, as is proved 'by the fact that a dog of this breed once beat a thoroughbred horse, covering four miles in Gy2 minutes, which was at the rate of nearly IS yards a second. Greyhounds are the swiftest of all four footed creatures, and their speed may be regarded as equal to that of carrier pigeons. English greyhounds, which are carefully selected and which are used for coursing, are able to cover at full gallop a space between 18 and 23 yards every second. How great an achievement this is may be judged from the fact that a thoroughbred horse rarely if ever exceeds 19 yards. Moreover, it is said that a hare at its greatest speed never goes faster than at the rate of 18 yards. These interesting statistics are exciting much comment among sportsmen and other lovers of dogs, and the opinion is unanimous that M. Dusolier has fully proved the right of the greyhound to rank as the swiftest of the quadrupeds. Express engines only surpass them.?London Mail. Tentative Interment. A poor Scotchwoman lay dying, and her husband sat by her bedside. After a time the wife took her husband's hand and said: "John, we're goin to part I have been a gude wife to ye, haven't I?" John thought a moment. "Well, just middling like, Jenny, ye knew," anxious not to say too much. Again the wife spoke. "John," she said faintly, "ye maun promise to bury me In the auld kirkyard at Str'avon beside my mither. I could na rest in peace among unco' folk in the dirt and smoke o' Glasgie." "Weel, weel, Jenny, my woman," said John soothingly, "we'll just try ye in Glasgie first, an gin ye dinna be quiet we'll try ye In Str'avon."?Spare Moments. He Didn't Complain. Young Wife?This talk about men being so impatient when it woman is getting ready to go anywhers is all nonsense. Friend?Doesn't your husband complain at all? Young Wife?No, Indeed! Why, last evening I couldn't find my gloves and had a long hunt for half a dozen other things, and yet wnen l was nuany dressed and went down stairs to my husband there he was by the fire read Ing and smoking as calmly as if 1 wasn't half an hour late. Friend?Well, I declare! Where were you going? ' Young Wife?To prayer meeting.New York Weekly. As She Saw It. Mrs. Kleener?What is the matter with you this evening, John, that you ain't smoking? Mr. Kleener?The doctor says I mustn't. He says I must stop smoking or die. Mrs. Kleener?Oh, I'm so glad! You won't be scenting up my curtains any more, will you??Boston Transcript. A Chinese philosopher says there is an ounce of wisdom at the root of every gray hair. Saw Death Near. "It often made my heart ache," writes L. C. Overstreet, of Elgin, Tenn., "to hear my wife cough until it seemed her weak and sore lungs would collapse. Good doctors said she was so far gone with consumption that no medicine or earthlv help could save her, but a friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery and persistent use of this excellent medicine saved her life." It's absolutely guaranteed for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma and all throat and lung diseases. 50c and $1.00 at Thos. and J. B. Black. Trial bottles free. Mistook the Flavor. "Is this heaven's bliss that I taste?" cried the ecstatic lover as he pressed his lips to her cheek. "No." said the innocent voung thing, "that's sachet powder."?Smart Set. A. J. Snell wanted to attend a party, but was afraid to do so on account of pains fh his stomach, which he feared would grow worse. He says, "I was telling my troubles to a lady friend, who said: 'Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will put you in condition for the party.' I bought a bottle and take pleasure in stating that two doses cured me and enabled me to have a good time at the party." Mr. Snell is a resident of Summer Hill, N. Y. This remedy is ' for sale by Bamberg Pharmacy, CAPITAL TEN PERCENTERS. Government Clerks Who Lend to Theit FelJow Workers. "I reckon I'll sell my salary this month," remarked the young census clerk. "To whom?" asked his friend. "Why, to one of the ten percenters, of course," was the reply. Dialogues such as this are of frequent occurrence between government clerks in Washington toward the end of the month. When a clerk sells his salary to a ten percenter, he gives the latter an I O LT for the entire salary due him on the following pay day and receives in exchange DO per cent of the amount. The man who makes the loan retains the remaining 10 per cent, whence his name of ten percenter. The ten percenter is said to exist under one name or anotner in an or rne great federal department buildings in Washington. He is invariably a shrewd government clerk who has a bit of money of his own or has saved his salary until its accumulation represents a tidy little sum. This capital he is ever ready to lend in sums of from $10 to $100. In a majority of the Washington offices the laws against usurers are so rigorously enforced that the ten percenter is unable to transact business in safety as an individual; he exists nevertheless under the protecting title of a beneficial society. These fake societies should not be confused with the mutual beneficiary organizations which have been established for a number of years in many of the departments, notably the government printing olfice, for the purpose of aiding sick or disabled members and their families and of burying the dead. The ten percenters' society never includes more than five or six members. They have their charter and a carefully drawn constitution and bylaws. Each member contributes a certain amount of money to the funds of the concern, and the other employees of the office are quietly informed how they can be accommodated with a loan for a small bonus. On the first of every month the pool divides its profits. These organizations are usually short lived, as they become unpopular when the business begins to grow large. The death of one fake association is rapidly followed by the birth of a successor, differing from its predecessor in name only, so that the ten percenters are enabled to ply their trade without much _ Vattt VavIt Cnn llllCHUpllUU. 11 C H K7UU* I SCRAPS OF SCIENCE. A scientist -who has made a study of the planet declares that there Is snow on the moon. There are 28 pounds of blood In the body of ail average grown up person, and at each pulsation the heart moves 10 pounds. While cyclones and tornadoes are different phenomena, the former appear to give rise to the latter. Tornadoes almost always break out, if at all, on the southeasterly outskirts of a cyclone. A period of 5 seconds between a flash of lightning and- thunder means that the flash is a mile distant from the observer. Thunder has never been heard over 15 miles from the flash, though artillery has been heard 120 miles. Sir Robert Eall asserted that every [ 100 years the sun loses 5 miles of its diameter. To allay anxiety, however, he mentioned that the diameter of the sun is 800,000 miles and that 40,000 yeani hence the diameter would still be 858,000 miles. When si Man Can See 200 Miles. About 2C0 miles In every direction Is the distance a man can see when standing, on a clear daj', on the peak of the highest mountain?say, at a height of 26.GG8 feet, or a little over five miles above the level of the sea. An observer must be at a height of G,GG7 feet above sea level to see objects at a distance of 100 miles. The distance in miles at which an object upon the surface of the earth is visible Is equal to the square root of one and a half times the height of the observer in feet above the sea level. Some allowance has to be made for the effect of atmospheric refraction, but as the refraction varies at different heights and Is affected by the various states of the weather no precisely accurate figures for general purposes can be given. Frobably one-fourteenth j to one-tenth of the distance given by the formula would have to be deducted, owing to the refraction of the atmosphere. General Lee's Answer. After the surrender of Appomattox, General Wise came riding down the road furiously to where General Lee and his staff were grouped. He was splashed with mud from head to heels, and there were great splotches of mud J ^ ^ lirtAn L lei f?l An A Unt'U UUU L'ilKCU U^'UU uio li?vv. uu dressing General Lee, be asked in a theatrical voice, "Is it true, General Lee, that you have surrendered?" "Yes, General Wise, it is true." "I wish, then, to ask you one question, What is going to become of my brigade. General Lee. and what is going to become of me?" General Lee looked at the splashed warrior for a full minute and then said calmly and in a low tone, "General Wise, go and wash your face." Saved llis Life. 'I wish to say that I owe my life to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure," writes fl. 0. Chrestenson of Ilaylield, Minn. "For three years I was troubled with dyspepsia so that 1 could hold nothing on my stomach. Many times 1 would be unable to retain a morsel of food. Finally I was confined to my bed. Doctors said I could not live. I read one of your advertisements on Ivodol Dyspepsia Cure and thought it fit my case and commenced its use. I began to improve from the first bottle. Now I am cured and recommend it to all." Digests your food. Cures all stomach troubles. Bamberg Pharmacy; A. C, Reynold, Ehrhardt. Two more pianos have been placed in the White House. Evidently the President's desire for the strenuous life has not abated.?Chicago Post. TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will he open for the collection of State, county, school and nil ntlior t'lvfx from the loth dav ofOcto ber, 1901, until the 81st day of December, 1001, inclusive. The following is the tax levy: For State purposes, 5 mills; for count}' purposes,8 mills; constitutional school,8 mills, making a total of 11 mills. Special school levies: Bamberg, No. 14, 11 mills; back indebtedness 2i mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 50, 1 mill. Denmark, No. 31, .'1 mills. Binnaker's, No. 45, 3 mills. Barbarv Branch, No. 48, 2.1 mills. Govan, No. 8(5, 8 mills. Cuttie Creek, No. 55, 2 mills. Clear Pond, No. 25, 2 mills. Olar, No. 48, 2 mills. Lees, No. 47, 2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 80, 8 mills. Hopewell. No. 1, 8 mills. Denmark road district, 1 mill. I will receive the road commutation tax ($2.00) from October 15th until February 1st, 1905. J NO, F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. I $100.00 REWARD! I I FOR ANY CASE OF CIII I.I.S AIVI> FEVER THAT CANNOT BE CURED BY WHEELER'S TONIC, When used strictly by directions. The only combined Chill and Fever Treatment on the market. The liver, kidnevs, stomach, blood, brain and nervous system treated separately. WHEELER'S TONIC will cure Intermittent, Bilious and Continued Fever. The Best Tonic. Great Appetizer. A logical prescription, scientifically compounded. Contains no poison. For sale by H />!?. J. It. It T. ,i CK. _ _ * .. ANOTHER CARLOAD of line stock just arrived at our stables. They are beauties, and Ave will sell them right. We have both HORSES AND MULES HHMMKAariHHMHBMBHHM in this load, and we certainly have some of the finest ones ever brought here. Some fine matched pairs in horses and mules. Come see 'em. JONES BROS. 6, MojeDickinson, I . preserves and pickles, spread H TORNADO, * tt turn Wtttiiig ui IH'inrVT I PURE REFINED 1 LIABILITY, I PARAFFINE B Office at The Cotton Oil Co. J] WMkeep them absolutely moisture and IS S? 0. AND BELL TELEPHONES. acid proof. Pure Refined Paraffineis also 39 ?????????????????? 83 useful in a dozen other ways about the Bfl M house. Full directions in each package. BH \\T I 1 jj ? f X W Sold everywhere. \A/ I?' |-< 11 H Y fi STANDARD OIL CO. J VV 1 111 a-d a~d I 9 TAX RETURNS. ACCIDENT In accordance with the law in reference T tY-ta a tatt ti to the assessment and taxation of pro- i IV W I I L* A |\ I |V nertv i hf? A nrlitnr will lift and attend the Al" k_} \*J JLAJTjLAi JLi following named places for the purpose ? of receiving tax returns for the fiscal year 1903. RAMRFRft S f1 Tax-payers will please conae prepared J * * to give the name of their township and "IT " ~ __ name and number of school district Ull#?#VIAA UlAIVAnA wherein they reside. If they do not |l||U If IKS M" VYHU[lM.S know, they are requested to find out be- U^UIIV fore coming to make their returns. Each tax-payer is requested to make return in "We have received one carload of person where practicable to do so : Bamberg, Wednesday, January 1. ANCHOR BUGGIES. Lees, Thursday, January 2. Hightower's Mill, Friday, January 3. One carload of Bamberg, Saturday & Monday, Jan 4-6. Govan, Tuesday, January 7. ENGER BUGGIES. Olar, Wednesday & Thursday, Jan 8-9. Buford's Bridge, Friday, January 10. and one carload of the famous Bamberg, Saturday, January 11. IT A VTinPlT f1 TTHG Springtown, Monoay, January 13. j. UI_/v_ai\. 15 U AjLtIxLb. Kearse's Store, Tuesday, January 14, ?I? Ihrtard?; WTImrsday' '"and^'priday, 8uit ^ou in s veUicIe January 10 and 17. any description. Bamberg, Saturday, January 18. Full line of HARNESS, pAlotnn ATAnrloiT Tonnorr OH _ . VWlOiVIi, iUVliUwj, owiiwu* j vv, | ? l, l/IIKh'S Clear Pond, Tuesday, January, 21. ' Hunter's Chapel, Wednesday, Jan. 22. WHIPS, Etc. Farrcll's Store, Thursday, January 23. Don't fail to see us before buying a Midway, Friday, January 24. Buggy or Wagon. Bamlierg, Saturday, January 25. __ Denmark, Monday&Tuesday, Jan 27-28 We ^ and Wl11 save y?u money. Bamberg, until February 20,1902. Sec- T-.T ^ ^ ^ tion 270 of the law in reference to the as- 111^ H l.W sessment of taxes (Revised Statues,) reads v x 1 ^ as follows: RiiHRrDrt y f-t "All property shall be valued for taxa- BAfliiffiiiw, s. tion at its true value in money, which in - - ^ a iiMiPfin all cases not specially provided for by f| QJKiin|rrfj law, shall be held to be as follows, to wit: |fl I n H IV II IT I K For personal property the usual selling " " VI Vfi Dl If 11 & II | price on the usual terms of similar pro- . fa t b , perty at administrator s or executor s ? ? ? a sales, at the place where the return is ?->. J ' made, and for real property, the usual sell- ]J|*y (jOOQS. flOCS. ing price on the usual terms of similar * 1 " property at sales for partition under or- # ? _ . tier of court, at the place where the re- ClOttling, lNOlIOIlS, turn is made. If there is no usual selling o ? ' price, then at what is honestly believed f f i /"* ^ could be obtained for the same at a fair lldlS} V_I I*OCCI*lCSj saleundertheconditions above mentioned. "It shall be the duty of each owner of af1/l HfACC lands, and of any new structure thereon dllU L/I VJUUUIj* which shall not have been appraised for . taxation, to list the same for taxation "e nas a *u'i stock, and it ?i.? a i?i;tAr Afiiin AAimtr in will certainlv pay you to call Willi lill VMUUIJ Ai.u\uvv/4 v/& Kiv vv/wukj _ w they may be situated on or before the see him before purchas20th clay of February next after the same y?ur winter supplies, shall become subject to taxation." Section 0. That from and after the W M S A "^TT^hI'R. passage of this act, there shall be assessed mm mm aiiaV upon all taxable polls in this Slate a tax -r*-? vkCkT.n. . g~*\ of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds' dmDers, of tvhich tax shall be applied solely to ~~T~ educational purposes. Every male citizen between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those incapable of earning a sup- /rfSi/f ?\V^f port, from being maimed or from other fsbf/l L iL /Tf^ causes and except those who are made nf. A A exempt by law, shall be deemed taxable Section 228. The following articles of personal property shall be valued for tax- J$j?}Iffi) ation as follows, to wit: horses, mules and asses, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, gold and silver plate, gold and silver watches, pianos, organs, melodcons, carriages, bug- 4^^^^yr7. gies, wagons, carts, dogs, merchandise, 'X moneys and credits, materials used in TUlTlTfiriTri TIT manufacturing,machinery, engines, tools kk| Ml'I Ml' IM fixtures, and implements used, manufac- UJLlXllUxliU 111 tured articles on hand one year or more, mnn n-rrn a nnn the value of moneys, bank bills and cir- I'lJIj ynijAyTJy culating notes, value of all credits, value 1 fljj uQJjll 1 IjU of investments in slocks out of this state, : except national banks, value of invest- from early morn to dewy eve ovconl TTnitPfl Sl.lfps fT??! tUn #A II1U1IL9 ill iiwwv..-., ~ -- Iiaviug autcuicu ixic agtm,! iui bonds, expressly exempt from taxation, tjje celebrated and all other personal property. in t95s Mw HarvfisliM with.the Auditor not later than the 20th ; UuullU? iluli UUllllg day of February, 1002, as after that date j lfnnL:nntl_ the law requires an addition of 50 per j jwQP||Jf|0py cent to the hist year's return. iliuUlllliUl J ? ??11 The township commissioners for Bamberg township will meet in the Auditor's I am now prepared to sell vou on office on Tuesday, March 4th, 1902, at 10 terms self-biDding Wheat . a m. For Bnford's Bridge township on Harvesters, Mowers, and Rakes. Wednesday, March 5th, 1002, at 10 a m You have always heard that DeerFor Fish Pond township, on Thursday, ing Implements were the best; March 0th, 1002, at 10 a m. For Midway now let me prove it to you or give township, on Friday, March 7th, 1902, at up your money. I won't have it 10 am. For Three Mile township on Mon- unless you rather have the maday, March lOili, 1902, at 10 a m. # _ chine. As to our The county board of equalization will rtinnTiriTl TITTnriT'nnn Tucs,lay- i GABBIAGE BUSINESS R. W. I). ROW ELL, Anditor Bamberg County. I Would say I do not deem it nec? i essary to say more than remind O m MAVETIP! n II j ou that I am doing business at I O* IVir\ I I l UImUj same oinstanu, opposite i5amoerg Cotton Mills. I am here to stay, so don't forget me when you need the services of the carriage man. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gratefully yours, ' D. ; DELK. i . DENMARK, S. C. ========================== NOTICE TO CREDITORS. If Senator McLauriu will visit the ex- All persons having claims against the position he will find a warm welcome and estate of R. F. Simmons, Sr., will present nobody at the Ivory City will suggest them at once, duly attested, and those that he resign. His services to that com- owing said estate will make immediate munity, at least, have been too valuable payment to me. C. B. FREE, for its folk to wish an end to their engage- Administrator, meut?Charleston Evening Post. Bamberg, S. C., December 9,1901. ' ; . * , .-.fa; - - -v - - w: -;-'v"-'Si GREAT REDUCTIONS. - -V1 *'. Kirscli is offering tremendous reductions on his line of CLOTHING. J ; *:" A full line for men and boys, and you can surely be suited. Call and see his stock. The stock of clothing must be sold and now is the time for bargains. E. O. KIRSCH, BAMBERG, S. C. ^ SOUTHERN RAILWAY. - . Condensed Schedule in Effect July 1,1901. No.ll No.13 _T ' No. 6 Ne.14 My Daily ZA8TZRy TUtx~ Daily Drily 6 20d! 7 00a Lv... Charleston ...Ar 1113a 780o 608p 741a Summerville.. " 1082a 642p 7 25p 8 55a " ...Branchville... " 900a Slop 810p 928a '* ...Orangeburg... " 831a 442p 603p 10 24a " .... Kingville .... " 745a 848p : 11 45a Ar ..Sumter Lv ...... 390p 11 25a " Camden. Lv 20Qp 9 50pllOOaAr Columbia.?Lv 700a 400p 620p 7 00aLv... Charleston ...Ar 1115a] 730p 72Sp 915a "...Branchville..." 850a 815p 8G5p 9 40a "....Bamberg...." 8 27a 450p 817p 952a " ....Denmark.... " 8Ma 49flp 885p 1010a " ....Blackville " 800a 418p 988p 1110a " Aiken " 7 08a 816? 10 8Jp 1159a Ar. Augusta and Lv" 020a 230p NOTE: In addition to the above service trains Nos. 15 and 10 run daily between Charleston and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p. m.; arrive Ashe ville 2500 p. m. No. 16 leave* Columbia 1:35 a. m.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 038 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains make close connections at Colombia ... with through trains between. Florida points , and Washington and the east. Trains Nos. 13 and 14 carry Elegant Pullman Parlor Cars be- , tween Charleston, Summerville and Ashevilte. . ~ jEx. Sun. Ex. Sun. only Sun. 1-^ | Lv. Augusta 7 00a 990a 520p Ar. Sandersville 1 OOp 1250p 840p " Tennille..' 130p 180p 850p Lv. Tennille !. 5 30a 840p 3lOp . - j " Sandersville 540a 350p S28p Ar. Augusta 900a) 710p{ 830p Drily i' i s, gag* Lv. Savannah. 12 30a 1225p " Allendale.-.; 3 40a 826plll>* ,v fcS " Barnwell 413a 350pl2O6p " Rlaokvillfl 4 25a 4120 4 250 ~ - ~ ?? ?? J Ar. Batesburg*. *. SOOp ' S s Ar. Columbia. > 616a 650p 157 Daily Daily - - - ^ ? .. .? Lv. Columbia 11 40a 110a " c ? .. ft:* Lv. Batesburg 688a ; Ar. Blackville ;... - 120p 2 S2a 1080a " Barnwell ?:..... 183p 3 07a 1140a " Allendale .. 200p 840a 1200m " Savannah 306pl 4 50i? Atlanta and Beyond* Lv.Charleston.. 700a 52Bp ...... -; > Ar. Augusta 115G& 1080p i.'" $?! " Atlanta 8U0p S 00a Lv. Atlanta. llOOp 880a 618p _i; & Ar. Chattanooga 5 45a 6 4oa lu(J5pLv. Atlanta. 6 00a 415p Ar. Btrminghm -.. 12n*n lOOOp " Memphis, (via Bir'mgam) ...... 805p 715a > | Y y" . Ar. Lexington 506p 500a " Cincinnati.- ...... 7SQp 74Ga O.- " Chicago 7l5a 880p Ar. Louisville ....* 750p 840a " St. Louis 7 8Sa[ 680p Ar. Memphis, (via Chatt) 710p 810a ' To Atheville-Cincinnati-Loniarillo. ?: KolSti&dflf -ASTEH.V TIME. Lv. Augusta 2fi0p 980p " Batesburg 488? 1267a Lv. Charleston 700a jlOOp Lv. Columbia (Union Depot)....... 1180a 7 20a ; Ar. Spartanburg V. 8 lOp 1028a 7^3 " Asbeville a ?.? 715p 200p " Khoxville. " uinctnnnao. .1 1 wpi o wa ^^asBESB ** Louisville (via jeDlco). 1......| 6 50a yt 1, vv To Washington and the East. Lt. Augusta. 250p 980p " Batesburg 438p 1207a " Columbia. . 556p 315a ' At. Charlotte. ?0l)p 945a ^ r>:? At. Danville 1251a T|?> . . Mti&i At. Richmond <? ~|-6q5JT^ At. Washington 7 85a 900p V v 44 Baltimore Pa. R. R 912a 1125p v-*' M Philadelphia. ,1185a 256a ' " New York /...d 206p 613a gg Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all points North and West. >- Connections at Columbia with through trains for Washington and the Bast; also for Jackson* rille and all Florida Points. FRANK 8. GANNON, J. M. GULP, Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr. T. M., Washington. BOBT, W. HUNT, Dlv. Pass. Agt., Charleston, S. O. 1. 8. H. HARD WICK, " W. H. TAYLOH, G. P. A.. Washington.. AJ3. P.Jk.. Atlanta. StaM iirjiit Railway. "Capital Citj Route." _ Shortest line between all principal cities North, East, South, and West. UnequaJn/j oAli^nloo tnPon 4m(iri/>?n Prnftflitirtfl CU i?V/litUU4VP W* UU MMV* *VWM T ^ at Buffalo, Schedules in effect May 26th, 1901. NORTHWARD. Daily Daily No. 66 No. 34 . Lv Savannah c t.. .11 45 p m 2 10 p m V' Lv Fairfax 134am 356pm Lv Denmark 2 15 a m , 4 39 p m * Lv Columbia et... 4 40 a m 7 12 p" m Lv Camden 5 37am 8 06pm ' Lv Cheraw 7 12 am 9 43pm A.r Hamlet 7 40 a m 10 15 p m . Lv Calhoun Falls.. 1 00 a m- 411pm "''jjgs Lv Abbeville 133am 4 38 p m Lv Greenwood 2 01 a m 5 01 p m Lv Clinton 2 55 a m' 5 47 p m Lv Carlisle 3 43am . 6 33 p Lv Chester 410am 7 03pm Lv Catawba Jet 4 45 a m 7 35 p m . Ar Hamlet 710 am 1010 pm Lv Hamlet: 8 00am 10 85 pm ^ W. gg Ar Raleigh 10 37 a m 124am ^ ? Ar Petersburg 2 45 p m 5 48 a m Ar Richmond 3 28pm 6 29am r&M Ar Washington 7 05 p m 10 10 a m : Ar Baltimore 11 26 p m 11 25 a m ^ Ar Philadelphia 2 56am 136pm Ar New York.. . .6 30am 425pm v : SOUTHWARD. Daily Daily NT/% Q1 "W/x OT * ' ; ..f3 XIV, U1 Xl?'? vr:., Lv Cheraw, e t 7 48 a m 11 18 p m Lv Camden. 9 2ft a m 12 53 am Lv Columbia, ct... 9 40 a m 105 am Lv Denmark 1109 am 2 27 am. Ly Fairfax 1154 am 305am Ar Savannah 1 47 p m 4 52 a m ? Ar Jacksonville 610pm 9 15 a m Ar Tampa 615am 5 40pm Lv Catawba, et 9 45am 105 am - s: Lv Chester 10 20am 142am Lv Carlisle 10 47 am 2 05am - r Lv Clinton 11 37 am 2 55am v i Lv Greenwood 12 22 p m 3 46 a m Lv Abbeville 12 48 p m 4 15 a m ^ Lv Calhoun Falls.. 115 p m 4 48am Ar At bens 2 40pm 6 28am Ar Atlanta 4 55 p m 9 00 a m ^ vr_ nn x- 1T7??U t V. . J. uo cunueris ui n osmiigiuu nnu the Pennsylvania Railway Buffalo Express, arriving Buffalo 7.35 a m. Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Ry. train No. 52, leaving Columbia, Union Station, at 11.23 a. m. daily, connects at '1 ; Clinton with S. A. L. Ry., No. 53, affording shortest and quickest route by several hours to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, St. Louis, Chicago, and all points west. Close connection at Petersburg, Richmond, Washington, Portsmouth-Norfolk, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, and J Atlanta with diverging lines. - A Magnificent vestibule trains carrying 1 through Pullman sleeping cars between 1 all principal points. , 1 For reduced rates, Pullman reserva-\ tions, etc., apply to Wm. Butler Jr., D. P. A., Savannah, Ga. J. M. Barb, R. ?. L. Bunch, 1st V.P.&G.M., T. P, An Portsmouth, Ya.. ^ s J ''v , *? . ... : '''''" -